Coral Browne

Coral Edith Browne (d. 23 Temmuz 1913; Melbourne, Avustralya – ö. 29 Mayıs 1991; Los Angeles, ABD), Avustralyalı-Amerikalı kadın sahne, sinema ve dizi oyuncusudur. Broadway'de sahnelenen geniş kapsamlı tiyatro oyunları Macbeth (1956), The Rehearsal (1963) ve The Right Honourable Gentleman (1965) ile bilinir.

1983 İngiltere yapımı BBC TV filmi An Englishman Abroad ile 1984 yılında BAFTA Ödülü kazanmıştır. Yer aldığı diğer sinema ve Tv filmleri arasında; Auntie Mame (1958), The Killing of Sister George (1968), The Ruling Class (1972) ve Dreamchild (1985) sayılabilir.

1969'da Browne, Sir Ralph Richardson, Stanley Baxter ve Hayward Morse ile birlikte yer aldığı Joe Orton'un tartışmalı yapımı Kraliçe Tiyatrosu'nda sahnelenen West End'deki "Butler Taw (oyun)" adlı orijinal yapımdan alınma tiyatro oyunuyla sahne aldı.

1986 yılında çevrilen önemli bir film olan Dreamchild (1986) yazar Lewis Carroll'lın yaşamının bir dönemini konu almaktaydı. Filmde oyuncu Browne Alice Liddell'in "Alice Harikalar Diyarında" hikâyesinden ilham almış olan yazarın daha sonradan hayatını etkileyen önemli bir hesaplaşmayla yüzleşmesini başarıyla canlandırmıştır.

İki defa evlenen sanatçının çocuğu yoktur. Yaşamı boyunca oynadığı tüm tiyatro oyunlarından telif hakkını alan oyuncu göğüs kanseri nedeniyle 29 Mayıs 1991'de Los Angeles'ta 77 yaşında ölmüş, cenazesi ise yakıldıktan sonra külleri Hollywood Forever Mezarlığı'nda icra olmuştur.

Filmografi
Waltzing Matilda (1933)
Line Engaged (1935) - Doreen
Charing Cross Road (1935) - Lady Ruston
The Amateur Gentleman (1936) - Pauline Darville
Guilty Melody (1936) - Cecile
We're Going to Be Rich (1938) - Pearl
Yellow Sands (1938) - Emma Copplestone
Black Limelight (1938) - Lily James
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939) - Mabel Barnes
Let George Do It! (1940) - Iris
Piccadilly Incident (1946) - Virginia Pearson
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) - Valerie
Twist of Fate/The Beautiful Stranger (1954) - Helen
Auntie Mame (1958) - Vera Charles
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) - Meg
Go to Blazes (1962) - Colette
Tamahine (1963) - Madame Becque
Dr. Crippen (1963) - Belle Elmore
The Night of the Generals (1967) - Eleanore von Seidlitz-Gabler
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) - Molly Luther
The Killing of Sister George (1968) - Mercy Croft
The Ruling Class (1972) - Lady Claire Gurney
Theatre of Blood (1973) - Miss Chloe Moon
The Drowning Pool (1975) - Olivia
Xanadu (1980) - Female Heavenly Voice (voice)
Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982) - Lady Reading
An Englishman Abroad, Screenonline (1983) - Kendisi
American Dreamer (1984) - Margaret McMann
Dreamchild (1985) - Alice Hargreaves
Sparky's Magic Piano (1987) - (voice) (final film role)


TV
The Guv'nor (1955)
Charley's Aunt (1969)
Mrs. Warren's Profession (1972)
Lady Windermere's Fan (1972)
Time Express (1979) - Margaret Winters
Caviar To The General (1990)

Tiyatro
A Warm Corner Comedy Theatre, Melbourne c. 1930
The Roof Comedy Theatre, Melbourne 1931
Loyalties Comedy Theatre, Melbourne May 1931
Hay Fever
The Quaker Girl
The Apple Cart
Dear Brutus
Hedda Gabler
Children in Uniform Melbourne
Command to Love Melbourne
Mated 1934 or 1935
Lover's Leap, Vaudeville Theatre London 1935
Basalik, London Arts Theatre Club 1935
Desirable Residence, Embassy Theatre London 1935
Heroes Don't Care, St. Martin's Theatre, London 10 June 1936
The Taming of the Shrew, New London Theatre 1936–1937
The Great Romancer, New London Theatre 1937
The Gusher, Prince's Theatre, London 1937
Believe It Or Not, New Theatre, London March 1940
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Theatre Royal, Birmingham, England, 17 November 1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Savoy Theatre, London, 4 December 1941–42
My Sister Eileen, Savoy Theatre, London, 1943
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, Savoy Theatre, London 1943–44
Lady Frederick, Savoy Theatre, London, November 1946
Lady Frederick, Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 21 April 1947
Lady Frederick, Theatre Royal, Brighton, 16 June 1947
Canaries Sometimes Sing, Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 3 November 1947
Castle in the Air, Adelphi Theatre, London, 1949–50
Othello, Old Vic Theatre, London, 31 October 1951
King Lear, Old Vic, London, 3 March 1952
Affairs of State, Theatre Royal, Brighton, 28 July 1952
Affairs of State, Cambridge Theatre, Cambridge Circus, 21 August 1952
Affairs of State, Hippodrome, Bristol, 1953–54
Simon And Laura, Strand Theatre, London, 1954
Nina Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 27 July 1955
Macbeth Old Vic, London, 1955–56
Macbeth Hippodrome, Bristol, 1955–56
Tamburlaine the Greatm Playbill Winter Garden Theatre, New York, 19 January - 4 February 1956
Tamburlaine the Great, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Macbeth, Winter Garden Theatre, New York, 29 October 1956 – 12 January 1957
Troilus and Cressida, Winter Garden Theatre, New York, 26 December 1956 – 12 January 1957
Hamlet, Old Vic, London, 1957–58
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Old Vic, London, 1957–58
The Pleasure of His Company, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 1957–58
Toys In The Attic, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 10 November 1960
Bonne Soupe, The Comedy Theatre London, 1960
Bonne Soupe, New Theatre, Oxford, 26 September 1961
Bonne Soupe, Wyndham's Theatre London, 13 February 1962
The Rehearsal, Royale Theatre, New York, 23 September - 28 December 1963
The Right Honourable Gentleman, Billy Rose Theatre, New York, 19 October 1965 – 22 January 1966
Lady Windermere's Fan, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1966
Lady Windermere's Fan, Theatre Royal, Brighton, 23 August 1966
What the Butler Saw, Queen's Theatre, London, 1969
My Darling Daisy, Lyric Theatre, London, 1970
Mrs. Warren's Profession, Old Vic, London, 1970–71
The Sea, Royal Court, London, 1973–74
The Waltz of the Toreadors Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 1974
Ardèle, Queen's Theatre, London, 1975
Charley's Aunt, Cirque Dinner Theatre, Seattle, 12 August 1975
Charley's Aunt Granny's Dinner Theatre, Dallas, 16 March – 10 April 1976
Charley's Aunt, National U.S. tour, 10 May – 26 June 1976
The Importance of Being Earnest, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1976
Travesties, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1976

Kaynakça
Dış bağlantılar
Coral Browne Collection at the Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne